ASCII Character ²
Superscript two - squaredA subscript or superscript is a character (such as a number or letter) that is set slightly below or above the normal line of type, respectively. It is usually smaller than the rest of the text. Subscripts appear at or below the baseline, while superscripts are above. Subscripts and superscripts are perhaps most often used in formulas, mathematical expressions, and specifications of chemical compounds and isotopes, but have many other uses as well.
Source: Wikipedia
ASCII Code for ²
These are the code points for superscript two - squared in various character sets| Character Sets | Decimal | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Code page 437 | 253 | FD |
| ISO-8859-1 | 178 | B2 |
| ISO-8859-3 | 178 | B2 |
| ISO-8859-7 | 178 | B2 |
| ISO-8859-8 | 178 | B2 |
| ISO-8859-9 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1252 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1253 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1254 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1255 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1256 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1257 | 178 | B2 |
| Windows-1258 | 178 | B2 |
Unicode for ²
The character for superscript two - squared is mapped in Unicode as U+00B2| Unicode | U+00B2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Decimal | 178 | |
| Unicode Escape | \u00b2 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xC2 0xB2 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 1100001010110010 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | ||
| 1100001010110010 | ||
| UTF-16 | 0x00B2 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000000B2 | |
HTML Entities for ²
The following HTML entities can be used to represent the superscript two - squared in HTML| HTML Number | ² | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Hex | ² | |
| HTML Entity | ² | |
Related characters
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| ³ | Superscript three - cubed |
| ¹ | Superscript one |
| ⁿ | Superscript latin small letter n |
Encoding
Encoding non-standard letters and characters into values that can be displayed e.g. in browsers| URL Escape Code | %C2%B2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Quoted-printable | =C2=B2 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u00B2" | |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Code | \00B2 | |
| JavaScript | "\u00B2" | |
| Perl | \x{00B2} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u00B2" | |
| Python 3 | \u00B2 | |
| Ruby | \u{00B2} |